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Company Registration Number Formats

English and Welsh companies have registration numbers that consist of 8 digits.  Companies registered in Scotland and Northern Ireland and those registered by the Financial Services Authority have a 1 or 2 character alphabetic prefix.  The following are possible values for the prefix.

Value	Description
AC	Assurance Company England and Wales
FC	Foreign Company England and Wales
GE	European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG) England and Wales
GN	EEIG Northern Ireland
GS	EEIG Scotland
IC	Investment Company with Variable Capital (ICVC) England and Wales
IP	Industrial and Provident England and Wales
LP	Limited Partnership England and Wales
NA	Assurance Company Northern Ireland
NF	Foreign Company Northern Ireland
NI	Northern Ireland Company
NL	Limited Partnership Northern Ireland (This prefix is not applicable to CT and should not be used)
NO	Other Northern Ireland
NP	Industrial and Provident Northern Ireland
NR	Royal Charter Northern Ireland
NZ	Not Companies Act Northern Ireland
OC	Other England and Wales (This prefix is only used for LLP cases in liquidation)
R	Northern Ireland Company registered before the partition of Ireland in 1922
RC	Royal Charter England and Wales
SA	Assurance Company Scotland
SC	Scottish Company
SF	Foreign Company Scotland
SI	Investment Company with Variable Capital (ICVC) Scotland
SL	Limited Partnership Scotland (Companies registered under this prefix are not liable to Corporation Tax and must not be set up on COTAX)
SO	Other Scotland (This prefix must only be used for LLP cases in liquidation)
SP	Industrial / Provident Scotland
SR	Royal Charter Scotland
SZ	Not Companies Act Scotland
ZC	Not Companies Act England and Wales